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Aussie-led troops in it for long haul
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 1, 2010) – Australia's defence chief says he anticipates Australian soldiers will be in Solomon Islands for some time, although he is not prepared to say exactly how long …

A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck east of Solomon Islands on Friday, the United States Geological Survey reported.
A strong earthquake struck at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) about 161 km (100 miles) east of Kirakira, a provincial capital in the …

At the dawn of the modern maritime age four centuries ago, control of critically-located islands became an important part of the rivalry between European powers in the Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific. (Source: Reuters)
Simultaneous developments last week in …

November 20, 2018
BY ISAAC NICHOLAS
AUSTRALIA’S Prime Minister Scott Morrison in announcing another “step up program” for scholarship to Pacific Island students has only one request, they will only play rugby league for Cronulla Sharks and not Storm or …

November 20, 2018
BY ISAAC NICHOLAS
PRIME Minister Peter O’Neill has created history in asking Pacific Island leaders to the APEC leaders meeting in Port Moresby.
“I know Australia, New Zealand and PNG are active members of APEC, but there are also …

6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes near Solomon Islands
Reuters/Sydney
Filed on November 16, 2018 | Last updated on November 16, 2018 at 08.08 am
At a depth of 33km from the surface.
An earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude struck east of the Solomon …

A strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck east of Solomon Islands on Friday, Sputnik reported citing the United States Geological Survey.
A strong earthquake struck at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) about 161 km (100 miles) east of Kira Kira, a provincial …

SYDNEY: An earthquake measuring 6.6 magnitude struck east of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake, at a depth of 33 km (20 miles), was centred 161 kms (100 miles) east of Kira Kira in the Solomon …

A huge earthquake has struck in the South Pacific, the United States Geological Survey said. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit east of a provincial capital in the Solomon Islands on Friday. There was no immediate tsunami threat or reports of damage or …

There was no immediate tsunami threat or reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) about 161 km (100 miles) east of Kira Kira, a provincial capital in the South Pacific nation.

Government prepares for inquiry after Arts Festival concludes
By Ednal Palmer
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Solomon Star, June 12, 2012) – A number of people in the [Festival of Pacific Arts] preparation committees are likely to face corruption charges after …

AS a backgrounder to the APEC meeting in Port Moresby this week, we recently set out in The Australian some of the broad maritime and border security issues Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces.
Here we’d like to focus in a little more detail on the increasing …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Saturday.
The two heads of state mainly discussed the bilateral …

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The Golan Heights is part of Israel and will remain under its sovereignty forever, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
Netanyahu’s comments came at the weekly cabinet meeting, where he thanked the US for …

Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission, SIEC, is considering further extension of the current Omission and Objections period.
Confirming this to SIBC News today, Chief Electoral Officer Mose Saitala said this was due …

November 19, 2018
BY BEN PACKHAM
Australia, the United States, Japan and New Zealand will fund a massive rollout of electricity and internet cable in PNG as western nation’s hit back at rising Chinese influence in the Pacific with a united infrastructure …

The Lautoka football side will host Group B matches of next year’s OFC Champions League at Churchill Park, Lautoka.
This was after the official draw was done at the OFC headquarters in New Zealand.
OFC president Lambert Maltock assisted competitions …

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT -- Freedom of navigation and issues of sovereignty were front and center as Navy Undersecretary Thomas B. Modly journeyed through Oceania.
The undersecretary spoke to reporters via phone from Guam. The trip involved stops in …

MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA, September 27, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- In a move which further strengthens its global senior management team and enables it to focus on building customer relationships across the region, B&H Worldwide, the-best-in- …

September 13, 2018
Fiji has launched a
National Summary Data Page
(NSDP) in implementing the recommendations of the Enhanced General Data
Dissemination System (e-GDDS). The NSDP is a national “data portal” that
serves as a one-stop vehicle for publishing …

OAKLAND, CA, USA, September 4, 2018 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- New Revelations on Tax Evasion and Illegal Logging in Papua New Guinea
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
• Despite public outrage and government promises, the financial records of logging …

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Maritime Pre-positioning Ships Squadron Three successfully conducted its third multiship training exercise, Group Sail, Aug. 19-24, off the coast of Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Although this was the third Group Sail …

PACIFIC OCEAN -- Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Three successfully conducted its third multiship training exercise, Group Sail, Aug. 19-24, off the coast of Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam.
Although this was the third Group Sail …

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20 NOVEMBER 2018
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The 2018 Open Doors report on international education has revealed that the United States hosted 1.09 million international students during the 2017/2018 academic year. This marks a 1.5% increase over the prior year. The number of Sub- …

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An attack on an IDP camp in the town of Alindao left at least 37 people dead on 15 November. The attack was attributed to the UPC (Union for Peace in the Central African Republic).
In a separate attack on a base of the United Nations …

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World leaders are beginning to recognize the enormous pressures facing our oceans and waters, from plastic pollution to the adverse impacts of climate change. At the same time, governments are committed to develop marine-related economies in …

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To get the reduction in malaria deaths and disease back on track, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are joining a new country-led response, launched today, to scale up prevention and treatment, and increased investment, to …

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República de Angola, as the Republic of Angola is known in Portuguese, has always been abundantly blessed by nature.
The west-coast country of south-central Africa, which is the seventh-largest country on the continent, has vast mineral and …

The World Bank Group (www.WorldBank.org) announced L’Afrique Excelle, a six-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising growth stage technology start-ups operating in Francophone Africa. Entrepreneurs will receive …

The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa launched the first in a series of 12 hackathons under its Ethiopia Hacks! program as part of its annual Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration.
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